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UConn stuns Liberty, 36-33, to reach bowl eligibility for first time since 2015

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. — The UConn football team went all 12 rounds with Liberty on Saturday afternoon and eventually the Huskies won, 36-33, by knockout. The 15,107 fans in attendance stormed onto Rentschler Field in jubilation, knowing the win clinched a record of at least .500 or better and bowl…

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In one first-grade classroom, puppets teach children to 'shake out the yuck'

A new program being piloted in a handful of Connecticut classrooms, called Feel Your Best Self, is using the joy of puppetry to teach children how to manage their feelings and empathize with others.

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Hemp farmers in Connecticut lobbying to get a piece of the recreational marijuana pie

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut hemp farmers looking for higher incomes are working to change the recreational marijuana law to give them better odds — or even assurances — of becoming licensed growers.

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Connecticut Gov. Lamont declares victory as GOP’s Stefanowski does not concede

HARTFORD, Conn. — Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont declared victory late Tuesday night as Republican challenger Bob Stefanowski did not concede defeat in an increasingly bitter rematch between the two rivals.

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Connecticut's Blumenthal a winner of third term as US senator

HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal and his supporters were confident as the polls closed Tuesday, with the longtime Democratic office-holder expecting to win his third six-year term.

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‘If a billion doesn’t do it, then a trillion is not going to do it': Alex Jones lawyers argue over punitive damages in Sandy Hook case

HARTFORD, Conn. — Lawyers for right-wing provocateur Alex Jones and the families who won nearly $1 billion a month ago for being targets of his Sandy Hook school conspiracy theories argued Monday over another potentially extraordinary award of punitive damages for what was described in court as his “evil” and…

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Dom Amore: UConn fans could finally see all of what a healthy, smooth Jordan Hawkins can do, and the Huskies would benefit from Game 1

STORRS, Conn. — Flash back to last March 17, the night the UConn men’s basketball season flamed out in Buffalo with a first-round NCAA Tournament loss to New Mexico State.

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UConn women’s basketball 2022-23: Huskies take on a distinct international flavor as Geno Auriemma transforms Storrs into the crossroads of the world

HARTFORD, Conn. — The notes app on Azzi Fudd’s iPhone is a Rosetta Stone of sorts. Fascinated with how kids grow up learning multiple languages overseas, the UConn women’s basketball guard started picking up Hungarian from Pecs native Dorka Juhász last season and is now trying her hand at French…

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Sandy Hook families want another $320 million in damages to cover costs of suing Alex Jones in Connecticut

HARTFORD, Conn. — The Sandy Hook families who won nearly $1 billion from far-right broadcaster Alex Jones want another $320 million or so more to cover their legal costs, along with court orders that would force him to produce an accounting of his assets and block what they describe as…

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UConn women’s basketball 2022-23 team by the numbers

HARTFORD, Conn. — The UConn women’s basketball season is just around the corner. Fans and media will get their first glimpse at the 2022-23 Huskies in an exhibition game against Division II Kutztown this Sunday, followed by the season opener against Northeastern on Thursday night.

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Before slicing into this year’s Thanksgiving turkey, get ready to dig deeper into your wallet. ‘It’s going to be more expensive.’

HARTFORD, Conn. — Carving into the most classic of all holiday main courses this year — the Thanksgiving turkey — will first mean shoppers digging a lot deeper into their wallets before they gather around the family dinner table.

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Connecticut: US Sen. Blumenthal battles Republican Leora Levy in 1st and only debate

HARTFORD, Conn. — In an increasingly bitter campaign, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal battled Republican Leora Levy Wednesday night on inflation, taxes, the economy, and abortion.

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Dom Amore: Winning with Yale men’s basketball? For James Jones, it’s not complicated

AVON, Conn. — Here was a group of men’s college basketball coaches, discussing, commiserating about the new world into which they have been thrust. They must build a new roster each year with players coming and going, consider name-image-likeness income in recruiting, and scheduling, adapt their methods to the times.

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Despite connection to big-name shows, theaters in downtown Hartford fighting for survival

HARTFORD, Conn. — Audiences are punching their tickets again to downtown Hartford theaters — long a key contributor to downtown vibrancy — but patrons are returning so slowly even as the pandemic eases that theaters face a tough fight for survival.

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Michelle Troconis’ defense attorney files for dismissal of all charges, change of prosecutors in Jennifer Dulos case

HARTFORD, Conn. — The defense for Michelle Troconis, charged in connection with the death of Jennifer Farber Dulos, has filed a motion to dismiss all charges against her after state prosecutors attempted this month to disqualify her lawyer so he could potentially be called as a witness in the court…

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Two decades ago, a domestic violence survivor called for help. Now she works alongside the person who answered her call

HARTFORD, Conn. -- It was just after dawn on Jan. 4, 1999, when Marlene Harris packed up her three children and drove to an East Hartford Stop & Shop, where she picked up a pay phone and dialed 211. Her husband didn’t allow her to use their phone at home.

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‘It gives me some hope for humanity’: Daughter of Sandy Hook principal finds healing after the horror in Alex Jones decision

HARTFORD, Conn. — Erica Lafferty, whose mother Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung was killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, said she knew “she was opening a new door to hell” when she decided to sue Alex Jones.

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What’s next for Alex Jones? ‘He doesn’t have a billion dollars,’ UConn law prof says

HARTFORD, Conn. — Alex Jones was bragging Friday that he won’t be stopped by a nearly $1 billion judgment against him earlier in the week for spreading phony conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre and claiming the families suing him were actors in a plot to outlaw…

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Alex Jones’ Connecticut defense lawyer loses radio show over limitations on what he can say about the case on air

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Fairfield County radio station has canceled a talk show hosted by Alex Jones’ Connecticut-based defense lawyer after the lawyer refused to agree to conditions about what he could say about Jones’ recently concluded Sandy Hook defamation trial.

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Prosecution in slaying of Connecticut mother Jennifer Farber Dulos tries to disqualify lawyer of defendant as trial nears

HARTFORD, Conn. — State prosecutors want to disqualify Michelle Troconis’ lawyer from defending her because they may call him as a witness to testify about how he obtained a mysterious box of evidence containing a sweatshirt police believe is similar to one connected to the killing of Connecticut mother Jennifer…

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Conn. gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski confirms consulting work in Saudi Arabia; reduced 98% due to campaign

HARTFORD, Conn. — Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Stefanowski doubled his income in recent years while he was working as a consultant for an entity in Saudi Arabia, officials said Wednesday.

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Jury reaches verdict of nearly $1 billion in compensatory damages against Alex Jones in Sandy Hook trial

HARTFORD, Conn. — A Connecticut jury on Wednesday ordered broadcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay nearly $1 billion in damages to the families of eight Sandy Hook shooting victims and a law enforcement first responder to compensate them for a decade of abuse from people who believe his…

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UConn women’s basketball: Five storylines to watch with less than a month until start of 2022-23 season

HARTFORD, Conn. — The wait is almost over. The UConn women’s basketball season officially starts in less than a month.

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Alex Jones’ lawyer compares him to ‘a mad prophet,’ but says he deserves fair verdict in Sandy Hook defamation trial

HARTFORD, Conn. — Alex Jones built a media machine that generated enormous profit by spreading conspiratorial lies and the families of Sandy Hook shooting victims who were among his targets deserve millions of dollars in compensation, the family lawyers told the jury as their defamation case against Jones neared an…

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VP Kamala Harris defends abortion rights in Connecticut with US Rep. Jahana Hayes 34 days before election

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. — With 34 days before the election, Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to New Britain on Wednesday to show her support for the most controversial issue in the divisive campaign — abortion rights.

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